Photodynamic therapy with phthalocyanine sensitisation: quantitative studies in a transplantable rat fibrosarcoma.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising approach to the local destruction of malignant tumours, but little work has been done to determine which factors control the extent of tissue necrosis produced. Using a new photosensitiser, a sulphonated aluminium phthalocyanine (AlSPc) and light from an arg...

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Main Authors: Tralau, C. J., MacRobert, A. J., Coleridge-Smith, P. D., Barr, H., Bown, S. G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1987
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001712/